sunset

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun Literary

n. the final period of a person's life or the last stages of a project.

n. the final phase or period of existence of a person, era, or entity.

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“The old king spent the sunset of his life in a quiet castle by the sea.”

“The company's founders enjoyed the sunset of their careers knowing their legacy was secure in the hands of the new board.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Law Formal · Technical

n. a date when a law or a contract will automatically end.

n. a provision in a law or regulation that causes it to expire automatically on a specific date unless further action is taken.

“The new tax law includes a sunset clause that ends the tax in three years.”

“Legislators debated whether to include a sunset provision in the emergency bill to ensure the expanded powers would not become permanent.”

C1 · Advanced Business Formal · Technical

v. to gradually stop using or supporting something.

v. to terminate or phase out a programme, policy, or product line, often according to a schedule.

“The company decided to sunset the old software by the end of the year.”

“The department head announced plans to sunset the legacy database system once the migration to the cloud was complete.”